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An Epidemic of Emptiness

• Viktor Stojanov
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An Epidemic of Emptiness There is a quiet epidemic spreading through our society. It doesn’t present with a fever or a cough, but with a deep, persistent hum of emptiness. It’s the feeling of being busy but not fulfilled. Of being connected to everything but belonging to nothing. It’s the hollowness we feel at the end of a long day of optimized productivity, when we’re left with the terrifying question: “After all this, what was the point?”